In 1991 Bridgegate BMW decided to move from the the King Street site to new premises opposite the recently built Meteor Centre, the pictures below were taken before they moved

The Meteor Centre years before, was the site of a huge viaduct carrying the Friargate line towards Breadsall and beyond

Below centre Breadsall Viaduct, taken from the parapet, already broken by vandals, looking towards Derby Friargate, Sunday 27 Jan 1974

Looking towards Pektron, from the bridge which crosses Sir Frank Whittle Road

The pictures above and below left were taken in 1991 with similar viewpoints on the right some fifteen years later in 2005

On the left looking towards the City in 1991, again from the bridge which crosses Sir Frank Whittle Road and above right a similar viewpoint in 2005

Bridgegate BMW is now Stratstone BMW

From the entrance to the Meteor Centre from Mansfield Road and looking towards the Paddock Pub on the outskirts of Oakwood

Lidl supermarket

The new DFS store at the Meteor Centre and the major alterations that were required to the building in 2005

On the left is a view towards Darley Abbey in the distance viewed over the top of MFI whilst on the right you can just make out the cranes building the new Hospital in Mickleover